Records :: Single Review 24 Nov 2008
Chris Buckle: After five albums and several EP collections, new single Tomorrow demonstrates the paradox that Clinic have become: they continue to sound almost exactly the same as they did a decade ago, yet they never grow stale, always finding fresh nuance in their...
Music :: Live Review 13 May 2008
Darren Carle: RememberRemember (**) start off today’s Triptych send-off promisingly enough, opening with Fountain Mountain, a woozy, daydream of a song, in sync with the early afternoon, lunch-satiated crowd. Utilising office stationery as percussion, they pro...
Music :: Live Review 07 May 2008
Nick Mitchell: RememberRemember's (***) Graeme Ronald chose his new musical moniker wisely, because by the end of every 'song' (in the loosest possible sense) the minimalist sequences and percussive noises are not live but recorded, looped, the stuff of memory. He ma...
Records :: Album Review 10 Jul 2007
Chris Bathgate: Many 'rarities' albums are best avoided - a collection of less-well written tracks to keep the initiated happy. But Clinic needn't worry. With a Radiohead tour under their belt, as well as Peel Sessions and appearances at ATP, this collection of rariti...
Records :: Single Review 12 Mar 2007
Andrew Dewar: Most artists probably haven't picked up a flute or an auto harp since music class at their local comprehensive. Four-piece Clinic manage to get both onto new single 'If You Could Read Your Mind', with menacing effect. Despite a sinister feel, it's surp...
Records :: Album Review 13 Oct 2006
Sean Michaels: Like The Fall or The Clientele, Clinic continue to plow a unique furrow, dedicated without question to their particular aesthetic trail. Unlike The Fall or The Clientele, this isn't mimeographed ranting or gossamer evening music: this is crypt funk and...
